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bushel measure

noun

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  1. A container that contains exactly one bushel (four pecks), used as a measuring device for…

    A container that contains exactly one bushel (four pecks), used as a measuring device for commodities sold by the bushel.

    • By the Act of Queen Anne, a bushel measure should be chained to a post in the centre of every fruit market, and the clerk of the market bound to measure by it upon payment of 1 d.
    • For instance, you would find it impossible to get one-fourth of a bushel of parsnips into a peck measure. The bushel measure has, by custom, ceased to be a standard measurement.

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